Museo Maximo Laura

From the cathedral, I headed up a street I hadn’t walked up before.  I came across Maximo Laura's exhibition studio.  The glorious colours of his works displayed in the windows drew me inside.

Máximo Laura Taboada is a Peruvian tapestry weaver, recognized as one of South America's most unique textile artists.  He is also known for starting the contemporary tapestry movement in Peru.  Laura is the fifth generation of weavers who learned his craft as a child at the side of his father while growing up in Ayacucho.  As a young man in his 20s, Máximo sold his tapestries to pay for his studies in literature. However, his love of tapestry took over, and he devoted himself to his art.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the exhibition.  Oh, to be able to create work like that!Read more